Guest Contributor Archive

By Randy Engel Introduction On the evening of November 8, 2018, I attended a “Listening Session” at a local Catholic parish in the four-county Diocese of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, headed by Bishop Edward C. Malesic. The listening session, one of seven hosted by Bishop …

By: Randy Engel Introduction It’s been more than 23 years since the Cardinal Hans Groër, O.S.Bsex abuse scandal erupted in Vienna, Austria. Recently, while researching the Cardinal McCarrick case, more »

By: Randy Engel Dear Friends in Christ – First it was “Queering the Youth Vote” in 2008. Then, in 2012, it was “Queering the Church.” As Catholic faithful, we know how successful that campaign has been! Now, in 2018, it’s “Queer the Vote.” Have …

By Randy Engel Introduction On October 8, 2018, CRUX news service ran a story on the late Father John Harvey, founder of Courage, written by Opus Dei writer Christopher White. CRUX, as readers who have been following my byline for years know, doesn’t identify …

By: Randy Engel An Interview with Mr. Juan Cuatrecasas on The Gaztelueta Sex Abuse Case [Note: The following interview with Mr. Juan Cuatrecasas Asua is a follow-up to the detailed investigative report of the Gaztelueta sex abuse case by this writer that originally appeared …

By: Randy Engel [The following is the first in a two-part series of articles that appeared in The Catholic Inquisitor, July and August 2018. In light of the recently published Viganò bombshell, the case of Archbishop John Nienstedt and the former nuncio’s involvement in it has …

By Randy Engel Re: The Epilogue to the AKA article of July 29, 2018, “The ‘Uncle Teddy’ McCarrick Case.” Due to a grammatical misreading of my source material which was the Fr. Robert M. Hoatson Civil Action New York more …

By Randy Engel “Should Catholics Continue to Use the Word ‘Contraception?’” As noted in my introduction to this series on Pope Paul VI’s Humanae Vitae, which first appeared in the AKA Catholic column of June 27, 2018, there are still many unanswered questions …